Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-01
GAINESVILLE.
The County Commissioners Hear Ar
guments Why Certain Property As
sessments Should Not be Raised.
The Real Estate Transfers for Several Days
Marriage Liconces-The Mayors
Ceurt-LocaI News.
Special to the Gazette.

! Special to the Gazette.
[ GAINESVILLE, TEX, June 50.-Henr,
Smith, colored was arrested this after
noon and put under bond for an assam
aud battery committed against anothe
darkey, Cross by name. 1t seems tina
about II o'clock this morning Smith anc
Cross quarreled about debt, and the quar-
rel resulted in Cross cursipg Smith. Cross
then started 10 get out of Smiths way
but the latter picked up 8 stone and
threw it at his fleeing antagonist, which,
however, missed it's mark.
! Lee Stene, another negro, was arrested
i and placed under $500 bond for COM
hitting an aggravated assault upon his
wife This is not Stene's frst offense OF
this kind, and he has been arrested on 8
similar charge before.
| The following marriage licenses were
issued by the County Clerk to-day: r
| c.. Tucker and Miss Mamie Kennedy, D.
A. Molter and Mrs. n. NJ. Wilson, and d.
Coffee and Miss G. Hacker.
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. c..
Dobbins died yesterday and was buried
this evening.
The Mayor had rather lonesome time
this morning, only one culprit being ar
raigned before him. He answered to the
charge of drunk and down, and was as
sessed the usual fine.
The noon train on the Missouri Pacific
was over an hour late to-day, for the first
time in q good while.
Squire 2. NJ. Tucker is Just out after
severe attack of rheumatism.
Miss Fannie Tucker IS home again from
a VISIT to her sister in Corinth, Miss.
Sam, the little son of 5. L. Downward, is
quite sick with typhoid fever.
Deputy Sheriff G.. ". WOmaCk is absent
on a several days business trip in the
Territory.
Tue City Marshal to-day made his re
port for the month of June. During that
time 135 csses have been disposed, of
which two were against butchers for fol-
lowing that trade without license, nine
teen for vagrancy and III for drunken
ness. Total amount Of fines assessed
SS72 50, of which about $500 was col
lected.
The teachers and ira tees who attended
the educational convention at Dallas re
turned home to-day.
The calf thief seems to be ct work in
our county. Four or five young calves
have been stolen in the Valley View
neighbOThcod, andIthe thieves have left
no clew 90 to VINO they are.
The County Commissioners court met
to day, to hear those who maintained that
their tax assessments had been unjustly
raised st the last session Of the court.
Twenty-three applications for reduC
ton were presented, and of
these twelve were granted g
partial reduction. The Texas and Pacific
and Missouri Poetic Railways also asked
for reduction Of their assessments, but
were refused. The commissioners also
acted on three requests for bridges which
were allowed. One bridge is to be built in
precinct No. 3, st the Hill crossing of
Elm Greek on the lower Gainesville and
Pilot Point Road the second is to be
built in precinct No. ,, across the north
branch of Mineral Greek, on a road
lately opened up, and the other bridge is
to be prt up in precinct No. 4, hut Its
location has not yet been determined.
The court adjourned this afternoon, to
meet again on the second Monday in
august.
A considerable quantity of stone was
sold al the Santa Fe SWITCH in Wilson'S
pasture, four miles north of the city, by
Deputy Sheriff Apperson, and brought
S22lS. It was levied on as the property
o. p. j. Loonie, contractor on the Santa
Fe Railway, and was sold 10 satisfy sew
ersl judgments against him held by mer-
chaLGs here.
Eighteen additional names were re-
ported to Judge HayWorth late yester-
day evening, making the scholastic popu-
latiOn OF the county outside Of Gaines
vile 4l1G, the same exactly as last year.
John O'Brien yesterday fled suit
against the Missouri Pacific Railway for
damages to city property, caused by
building their road near thereto.
rich thirty six inch vein OF coal has
been struck near 4rdmOre, in the Terri
tory On the Santa Fe, and it is thought
much more will be found at the same
place.
The following real estate transfers have
been recorded since our last report: J.
NJ. Lindsay to B. f. Melton, part of lot
in LiDdsay's addition, 500; J. W. and T.
E. Wilson to SChif, Sumner & Co, part
of block No. 9 in Perry's addition, $1,000;
J. NJ. Lindsay TO W. o. Davis, part of
lots II and y in block in
addition, $50; J. G. Leeper
to P. II. Belcher, part of block %, in
Sparks addition $50 c. II. Wood ct al.
to w. ?. Young, lots II, Is and Is in
block G, Wood Smith addition, 5000, and
J. NJ. Graham to Z. Kingsley 2444 acres |
Of J. NJ. Graham survey, SLIGO.
Jacob Schwarz and w. J. Copy of Fort |
Worth, were in the city to-day.
The little daughter of Superintendent |
I. F. Hughes is very sick.
The sdjusters for the insurance COM
panies that lost in the fire OF yesterday |
are expected here to morrow. /.
The Cheapest of All.
The Weekly GAZETTE only 81 year.